Participants' HandbookFree online
How the program works, knowing your neighbors, how to observe, suspicious activities and sounds, suspect and vehicle identification, reporting a crime and calling 9-1-1. A must for every Participant.
The handbooks
Home and Personal Security HandbookFree online
Locks, doors and windows with illustrations of every type, ATM and car-jacking precautions, vacation and holiday preparation, apartment and rural security, Operation Identification, and an 88-question self-survey.
How to Start (and Maintain a Healthy) Neighborhood Watch Program
A week-by-week program to start your Watch: what you do at the first meeting and at subsequent ones, a typical agenda, suggested topics, 22 other things a group can do, and a sample flyer to kick off your meetings.
Emergency Preparedness Handbook
How to prepare, what to do during and what to do after 13 major emergencies: blackouts, earthquakes, fires, floods, heat waves, hurricanes, landslides, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, wildfires and winter storms.
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